Montreal interview dates 2012

[bcpenpal 0]

I have been trying to schedule our interview in Montreal (all month of Aug) and always receive "No appointments available at this time" message. I have tried various times of days, weekends etc., no luck. Starting to wonder if I am doing something wrong? Any tips? Any inside info on when the consulate opens additional appointment dates?

[Ryan H 3,810]

Spousal visa interviews are scheduled by the NVC.

[AndyGoesSouth 0]

bcpenpal, I'm trying to do the same and I've had as much luck as you.

Spousal visa interviews are scheduled by the NVC.

When you say 'NVC' I'm guessing you mean this website http://canada.usvisa-info.com is that right?

[Ms Hogan 295]

I thought they TOLD you when to come. I had no idea you could choose dates.

Edited September 10, 2012 by MsHogan

[alizon 77]

I thought they TOLD you when to come. I had no idea you could choose dates.

IR-1/CR-1 applicants do not choose their interview date, they are assigned to them. I'm not sure what the above posters are talking about, except that one of them says they filed at the embassy...though I thought Canada didn't allow DCF anymore. To find out the interview date you have been assigned, you have to call the NVC, call the DOS, wait for notification via email if you have opted into electronic communication, or wait for the hard copy in the mail if you haven't.

[Ryan H 3,810]

When you say 'NVC' I'm guessing you mean this website http://canada.usvisa-info.com is that right?

No, that's not what I'm talking about. NVC is National Visa Center, their website is here: http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/types/types_1309.html

IR-1/CR-1 applicants do not choose their interview date, they are assigned to them. I'm not sure what the above posters are talking about, except that one of them says they filed at the embassy...though I thought Canada didn't allow DCF anymore. To find out the interview date you have been assigned, you have to call the NVC, call the DOS, wait for notification via email if you have opted into electronic communication, or wait for the hard copy in the mail if you haven't.

:thumbs:

You are correct, Canada does not do DCF anymore. Unless the petitioner in the case of the poster who indicated they filed at the embassy is living in Canada and was granted an exception, I'll speculate the poster that inputted they filed at the Embassy misunderstood the purpose of that field.

[alizon 77]

Canadians doing spousal immigration should look at this wiki: http://www.visajourney.com/wiki/index.php/NVC_for_Montreal_Beneficiaries_%E2%80%93_Electronic_Processing_and_New_Online_Forms#Steps

Once you have a case complete, you can find out your interview date either through an operator at NVC (603-334-0700) or DOS (202-663-1225). An email will also be sent out with the interview date, but you might find out sooner through an operator if you call every day.

Once you have an interview date, get an appointment for your medical and prepare all your papers for the interview. Good luck!

[AndyGoesSouth 0]

Hi Guys,

I am now very confused. Here is the packet 4 I received telling me to book my interview through the CSC website.

NOTE: my wife was living in Canada at the time of our petition and we filed our petition at the U.S. Consulate General in Montreal. My profile reads 'Filing Location: Embassy' because I could not find a anything for Montreal.

CONSULATE GENERAL OF THE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Montreal, Canada

Immigrant Visa Unit

Date: 19 Jul 2012

ANDREW SEPIC

XXXX LAKE FIELD DR.

INVERARY, ON

XXX 1X0

Dear SEPIC, ANDREW:

This office has completed the review of the below-referenced immigrant visa case. You are now ready for an interview at the U.S. Consulate General in Montreal, where all interviews for immigration to the US from Canada are processed. This letter provides information on the next steps you must take to continue with your immigrant visa case.

Schedule your visa interview appointment

Please visit http://canada.usvisa-info.com/'>http://canada.usvisa-info.com/ to obtain information online or via telephone concerning scheduling an interview appointment for you and those family members included in the petition. If you have not previously registered your information and selected a DHL courier location on this website, please do so now.

You must have the Passport Number, Date of Birth, Nationality, MTL case number, and visa category for each applicant (principal applicant and all family members, including children) ready in order to access the website. When prompted to select “Trip Purpose”, you must choose ‘Permanently Immigrate to the US.’ After entering your information, you will be prompted to select an appointment time for you and your family.

Each family member planning to immigrate must appear on the appointment date, subject to the exceptions noted in the personal appearance instructions at http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/info/info_3731.html.

Fees

If you have previously paid all fees due to the National Visa Center, there will be no additional fees to pay on the day of the interview. If you have not paid fees at the National Visa Center, please be prepared to pay the following fees on the day of your interview.

I-130 immigrant petitions filed in Canada: $230.00 US for each applicant

For each family member (spouse/children) added to a petition: $230.00 US for family based applications and $405.00 US for Employment based.

SIV cases: $220.00 US.

DV cases: $330.00 US for each applicant.

K (fiancé/e) visas: $240.00 US, paid in cash only.

All fees may be paid in US dollars or the Canadian dollar equivalent. We accept cash and credit cards only. Please note if a person is found ineligible to receive a visa, the application fee cannot be refunded.

Medical exam

Each intending immigrant, regardless of age, is required to have a medical examination, and submit the results on the day of the interview. To schedule a medical examination, please visit http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/info/info_3739.html and http://travel.state.gov/pdf/medical/MTL-MED-ENGL-0007-1112.pdf

The day of your interview

Please bring to your interview the original and one photocopy of each of the following documents (as applicable), for each applicant:

¾ The appointment letter showing the date and time of your interview

¾ Passport valid for at least 6 months beyond the date you plan to enter the United States

¾ Birth certificate

¾ Adoptions decree (s)

¾ Marriage certificate (s)

¾ Death and/or divorce certificate(s)

¾ Police certificates from each country in which the applicant has resided for one year or longer. The certificate(s) must be issued within one year of the date of the visa appointment. NOTE: An applicant must present a police certificate from his/her country of current residence and country of nationality, if residence in such country exceeds 6 months

¾ Court records

¾ Military records

¾ Evidence of domicile in the United States

¾ Job offer letter (for employment-based visas)

¾ Affidavit of support (I-134) (for fiancé, employment and DV visas)

¾ Evidence of support (I-864, Federal individual income tax return for the most recent tax year)

¾ Medical examination

¾ Two photographs (in color)

¾ For K visa applicants, a letter of intent to marry signed by the petitioner within 30 days of interview date

Please ensure you bring all the requested documents. Missing documents will delay processing of your visa application If you have questions regarding the documentation needed or are unable to obtain a required document before the date of your interview, please contact us at Montreal-IV-DV@state.gov or http://canada.usvisa-info.com/'>http://canada.usvisa-info.com/.

The U.S. Consulate General is located in downtown Montréal, at 1155 Rue St-Alexandre between Boulevard René Lévesque and Rue Ste-Catherine. Please note that all visitors to the U.S. Consulate General in Montréal are screened by U.S. Consulate security prior to entry. Screening includes inspections via a walk-through metal detector, a hand-held metal detector and an x-ray machine for personal items.

The following items are prohibited inside the U.S. Consulate:

Food and beverages;

¾ Weapons or tools;

¾ Briefcases, backpacks, luggage, or large purses;

¾ Electronic or recording equipment of any kind, including, but not limited to: laptop computers, cell phones, PDAs, audio and video players, and pagers;

¾ Oversized strollers;

¾ Nail files and nail polish.

The following persons may accompany a visa applicant during his or her visit to the Consulate:

¾ Interpreter: If you are not fluent in either English or French, a friend or family member may serve as translator.

¾ Special Needs Visitors: If you are elderly, disabled, or if the applicant is a minor child applying for a visa one person may accompany you.

¾ Attorney: Attorneys are not permitted to accompany applicants inside the Consulate.

¾ U.S. Citizens: A U.S. Citizen may accompany you.

After the interview

If your visa application is approved, we will put your visa in your passport and send the completed visa packet and passport to you by DHL courier at no extra charge.

You must travel to the United States and apply for admission as a permanent resident within the visa’s validity period. If you currently reside in the U.S, on a non-immigrant visa, you may be able to pick up your passport with visa and visa packet in the afternoon of the next business day after your interview. Unless you need your passport for travel, you may return to your address in Canada on the day of your interview.

Do not make any travel arrangements to move to the United States, dispose of property or give up your job until a visa has been issued to you. A consular officer can make a decision regarding your visa application only after your formal application and all documents have been reviewed, and you have been personally interviewed by a consular officer.

Thank you for your cooperation. We look forward to seeing you at your appointment.

Sincerely,

Immigrant Visa Unit

U.S. Consulate General Montréal

Case Number: MTLXXXXXXXXXXXX

Name (P) : SEPIC, ANDREW

Preference Category: IR1 - CAN

Traveling Applicants:

(P) SEPIC, ANDREW XX MAR 19XX

Appointment letter: (Packet 4)

Please let me know if I am supposed to be using the site http://canada.usvisa-info.com to book my interview or should I be calling one of the numbers mentioned above. Your guidance would be uber appreciated.

Edited September 11, 2012 by AndyGoesSouth

[bcpenpal 0]

Hi Guys,

I am now very confused. Here is the packet 4 I received telling me to book my interview through the CSC website.

NOTE: my wife was living in Canada at the time of our petition and we filed our petition at the U.S. Consulate General in Montreal. My profile reads 'Filing Location: Embassy' because I could not find a anything for Montreal.

Please let me know if I am supposed to be using the site http://canada.usvisa-info.com to book my interview or should I be calling one of the numbers mentioned above. Your guidance would be uber appreciated.

Hi Andy ~ My husband (Canadian) and I (American) have been married (and lived in Canada) for 10 years. We started our U.S Visa app in 2008 and initially filed directly at the U.S consulate in Vancouver. We have slowly worked towards getting his green card...with long "pauses" between, as we have loose-ends to finish up before moving...thus it being a longer process for us, than most. On Jan.19,2012 we received the same letter (as what you posted)from Montreal...telling us to register on the CSC website. Our letter also tells us to "Schedule your visa interview appointment". "When prompted to select "Trip Purpose", you must choose 'Permanently Immigrate to the US.' We were also told (after inquiring via email) that my husbands application will be terminated on Jan.19,2013 (one year to date of this letter), if we do not come forward to "claim" his green card...thus being the Montreal interview. So now we are desperately trying to schedule our own appointment thru the CSC website as directed. I only ever get the "there are no appointments available at this time" response.

[bcpenpal 0]

I am wondering if your and our "Visa process" is a bit different from others, because we did the direct consulate filing to begin with?? I read or heard 3rd hand somewhere, that this direct consulate filing is no longer available to Canadians?? It gets very confusing, because everybody's situation is a little bit different.

Hi Andy ~ My husband (Canadian) and I (American) have been married (and lived in Canada) for 10 years. We started our U.S Visa app in 2008 and initially filed directly at the U.S consulate in Vancouver. We have slowly worked towards getting his green card...with long "pauses" between, as we have loose-ends to finish up before moving...thus it being a longer process for us, than most. On Jan.19,2012 we received the same letter (as what you posted)from Montreal...telling us to register on the CSC website. Our letter also tells us to "Schedule your visa interview appointment". "When prompted to select "Trip Purpose", you must choose 'Permanently Immigrate to the US.' We were also told (after inquiring via email) that my husbands application will be terminated on Jan.19,2013 (one year to date of this letter), if we do not come forward to "claim" his green card...thus being the Montreal interview. So now we are desperately trying to schedule our own appointment thru the CSC website as directed. I only ever get the "there are no appointments available at this time" response.

I am wondering if your and our "Visa process" is a bit different from others, because we did the direct consulate filing to begin with?? I read or heard 3rd hand somewhere, that this direct consulate filing is no longer available to Canadians?? It gets very confusing, because everybody's situation is a little bit different.

[amberlynnloves 125]

Hi Guys,

I am now very confused. Here is the packet 4 I received telling me to book my interview through the CSC website.

NOTE: my wife was living in Canada at the time of our petition and we filed our petition at the U.S. Consulate General in Montreal. My profile reads 'Filing Location: Embassy' because I could not find a anything for Montreal.

Please let me know if I am supposed to be using the site http://canada.usvisa-info.com to book my interview or should I be calling one of the numbers mentioned above. Your guidance would be uber appreciated.

To be honest, this looks like the K1 (Fiance Visa) Packet 4.....How odd. I wonder if there was a mistake somewhere along the lines.

[Ryan H 3,810]

Hi Guys,

I am now very confused. Here is the packet 4 I received telling me to book my interview through the CSC website.

NOTE: my wife was living in Canada at the time of our petition and we filed our petition at the U.S. Consulate General in Montreal. My profile reads 'Filing Location: Embassy' because I could not find a anything for Montreal.

Please let me know if I am supposed to be using the site http://canada.usvisa-info.com to book my interview or should I be calling one of the numbers mentioned above. Your guidance would be uber appreciated.

I am wondering if your and our "Visa process" is a bit different from others, because we did the direct consulate filing to begin with?? I read or heard 3rd hand somewhere, that this direct consulate filing is no longer available to Canadians?? It gets very confusing, because everybody's situation is a little bit different.

DCF in Canada was available until August 15th 2011, if petitions were filed prior to that date, then the DCF process is still in play for said petition and the process would in fact be different versus filing stateside. Anyone going through the this process via the DCF route should follow any and all official directions and instructions given.

[AndyGoesSouth 0]

Hi Andy ~ My husband (Canadian) and I (American) have been married (and lived in Canada) for 10 years. We started our U.S Visa app in 2008 and initially filed directly at the U.S consulate in Vancouver. We have slowly worked towards getting his green card...with long "pauses" between, as we have loose-ends to finish up before moving...thus it being a longer process for us, than most. On Jan.19,2012 we received the same letter (as what you posted)from Montreal...telling us to register on the CSC website. Our letter also tells us to "Schedule your visa interview appointment". "When prompted to select "Trip Purpose", you must choose 'Permanently Immigrate to the US.' We were also told (after inquiring via email) that my husbands application will be terminated on Jan.19,2013 (one year to date of this letter), if we do not come forward to "claim" his green card...thus being the Montreal interview. So now we are desperately trying to schedule our own appointment thru the CSC website as directed. I only ever get the "there are no appointments available at this time" response.

bcpenpal,

It seems like we are in a similar situation with all the same criteria applying. In your case, with things potentially expiring in January I'd contact your senator or congress person and voice your concerns with the delays and potential expiration of your application. It seems like a few people have done the same here and it worked well for them. I'm tempted to have my wife get on the phone shortly soon as well. It'd be nice to be settled by Christmas, but I won't hold my breath.

[AndyGoesSouth 0]

DCF in Canada was available until August 15th 2011, if petitions were filed prior to that date, then the DCF process is still in play for said petition and the process would in fact be different versus filing stateside. Anyone going through the this process via the DCF route should follow any and all official directions and instructions given.

Hi Ryan, Thanks for posting this. It's nice to know we aren't so completely out of the loop that we're trying to go forward the right way.